Search Glossary

Name

Palatine tonsil

This definition applies to

All SEER websites where this term appears

Definition

The area between the two tonsillar pillars and the tonsillar fossa.

Resource

Title: SEER Self Instructional Manuals for Tumor Registrars
Edition: Book 4
Year: 1995
Human Anatomy as Related to Tumor Formation

Alternate Names

Faucial tonsil
Glossopalatine fold
Tonsil, NOS

Abstractor Notes

None

Histology

None

Primary Sites

C099 Tonsil, NOS
Glossary